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Trump Pauses Foreign Beef Tariffs, Sparks GOP Revolt
Ranchers face a 75-year cattle low while the White House opens the door to 300,000 metric tons of imported beef — and won't say where it's coming from.
8h ago
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Ranchers face a 75-year cattle low while the White House opens the door to 300,000 metric tons of imported beef — and won't say where it's coming from.
8h ago
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Musk's mega-spaceport promises thousands of jobs near Lafayette, but working-class locals want to know who gets stuck with the bill for power, roads, and disruption.
9h ago
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Democrat DA admits no jury would convict; the left's bid to criminalize political speech falls apart.
13h ago
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Former al-Qaeda affiliate leader gets terror tag lifted as Bank of America, Mastercard circle Damascus
19h ago
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Trump's modest SpaceX stake backs private enterprise over government bloat — but sweetheart deals and insider payouts leave working Americans footing the bill.
19h ago
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He won't answer on scrapping the Second Amendment, child sex changes, or men in women's sports — because honest answers would sink his campaign.
22h ago
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The 6-3 ruling is procedural, not final—but the establishment press is already screaming suppression.
1d ago
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D.C. circles the wagons in a race that could decide the House majority — and who Republican voters actually represent.
1d ago
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Canada walked from trade talks — now it pays for decades of lopsided deals.
1d ago
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The Speaker just said the quiet part out loud: Trump runs the party.
1d ago
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Republicans who rolled out the red carpet for data centers now scramble to appease ratepayers footing the bill—while Trump eyes an exit from the Middle East.
1d ago
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A teacher, a mayor, and an incumbent senator share the same name on the Alaska Senate ballot—and one is banking on voter confusion.
1d ago
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Florida Senate nominee Angie Nixon calls ICE a 'weaponized paramilitary force' — Homan says the real danger is sanctuary cities releasing criminals into communities.
1d ago
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The old guard is losing its grip as insurgents and party-switchers upend Florida's political order.
1d ago
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No program, no bureaucracy—just Americans acting when seconds counted.
2d ago
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Party insiders vote Monday to fill a ballot slot voters never chose — just like the GOP did two weeks ago.
2d ago
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House Democratic leader and Trump's son-in-law quietly found common ground — while both parties publicly play at war
2d ago
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Tehran breaks with hardliners ahead of Trump's 'Economic D-Day' — but D.C.'s sanctions class profits from the standoff.
2d ago
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Former Transportation Secretary leverages taxpayer-funded projects to rebuild credibility with Black voters in the state that opens the 2028 Democratic primary.
2d ago
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Trump promises the toughest Iran sanctions ever. Washington has made that same promise for decades — American businesses lose, the enforcement class profits.
2d ago
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Trump says the People's House is crumbling. The press calls him a clown. Nobody's asking what's behind the tarps.
2d ago
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The president brings motorsport to the capital's streets for America's 250th — while the press corps clutches its pearls.
2d ago
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Darline Graham can't answer a basic China question — so why is Trump asking populists to carry the Graham name back to the Senate?
2d ago
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One unelected robe voids executive authority over who enters the country — and the lobbying groups that sued stand to keep the visa pipeline open.
3d ago
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